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If you are buying or selling your home you will need a solicitor. We can help with a conveyancing service from £410* for a freehold sale and £470* for a freehold purchase.
*fees are shown inclusive of VAT - illustration is for houses up to £150,000.


sellurhome.com have arrangements with leading solicitors to provide an exceptionally efficient, competitively priced, online conveyancing service with a no completion – no fee guarantee.

What happens when you buy

  • Your instructions are taken and documentation is requested from the seller’s solicitor.
  • Title investigation, searches and any additional enquiries are carried out.
  • Solicitor receives your mortgage offer from the bank or building society.
  • Contracts, transfer and mortgage deed are signed and deposit requested to exchange contracts.
  • Signed contracts are exchanged with the seller’s solicitor and a moving date is fixed.
  • Final documentation is prepared and signed.
  • Final searches completed and mortgage money obtained from your bank or building society.
  • Completion takes place and you can move in.
  • The transfer is stamped and the title of the new ownership is registered with the Land Registry.

What happens when you sell

  • Your instructions are taken and your title deeds are requested, copies of your title are obtained from the Land Registry.
  • Sales instructions are received from your estate agent.
  • Draft contracts and evidence of your ownership are sent to the buyer’s solicitor.
  • The buyer’s solicitor’s enquiries are answered.
  • Exchange of contracts is effected and a date for moving is agreed.
  • A settlement figure is obtained from your lender to pay off any current mortgage.
  • Completion takes place and everybody moves.
  • The title deeds are sent to your buyer’s solicitor.

How long does it take and what steps can help speed it up

An average conveyance takes 6 to 8 weeks to complete from instructions to moving in. Being in a chain can slow things as the whole chain moves at the speed of the slowest link.

Complete and submit your mortgage application as quickly as possible with your sellurhome.com mortgage broker. Respond as soon as possible to any letters or forms, relating to your transaction, sent to you by your solicitor.